It’s been a year but I’m back

I don’t know why I didn’t keep up this blog,,  but I can use it now!  I have changed my eating habits, guess it’s a lifestyle change ( no,,, no guess about it, it really is a lifestyle change ) and I have eliminated gluten from my diet. 

I can not tell you how much better I feel!  It truly has amazed me.  If you are gluten free, you know what I mean – simply amazing.

I have been browsing the web and have gathered lots of recipes, lots of tips and hints and I need someplace to keep all that knowledge…  this is going to be the place!

Plus, the things I try to cook, if they are good I can share,,  and if they aren’t,,,  well, that will be my secret {grin}..

So check back and see what I have.

An early Mother’s Day

My SIL sent me this email… thought it was just simply beautiful and moved me to a little tearing up… My Mother died a few years ago. We didn’t get along very well the last few years and I am regretting that alot.  But I can’t change things so life goes on.

Hopefully you and your Mother are on better terms, and if not, maybe you should think about what you will feel like when she is gone..

this is the email story

 

This is beautiful. . 
 

A newborn’s conversation with God

A baby asked God, ‘They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?’ God said, ‘Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you.’

The child further inquired, ‘But tell me, here in heaven I don’t have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy.’ God said, ‘Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you. And you will feel your angel’s love and be very happy.’

Again the child asked, ‘And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don’t know the language?’ God said, ‘Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.’

‘And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?’ God said, ‘Your angel wi ll place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.’

‘Who will protect me?’ God said, ‘Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.’

‘But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.’ God said, ‘Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you.’

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, ‘God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel’s name.’

God said, ‘You will simply call her, ‘Mom.’

Lift a mother’s spirit, send this to every mother you know (no matter how old her child is)

 

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

 

Moonlight is BACK!

ok, I’m nuts, I know,,,, you are not supposed to have drooly thoughts about someone on tv but – GEEZ,, how can you help it!  Look at this!!

  
How can you NOT have those “gosh what I would love to be doing with you” thoughts about a guy who looks like this!!!

to all the sons and daughters we hold dear

someone sent me this in an email. My kids are grown, but I still wish this …..  this doesn’t have to be for a daughter,,, SON works as well

‘TO MY DAUGHTER’ >
>
> *Just for this morning, I am going to step over the
> laundry, and pick you up and take you to the park to
> play.
>
> *Just for this morning, I will leave the dishes in
> the sink, and let you teach me how to put that
> puzzle of yours together.
>
> *Just for this afternoon, I will unplug the
> telephone and keep the computer off, and s it with
> you in the backyard and blow bubbles.
>
> *Just for this afternoon, I will not yell once, not
> even a tiny grumble when you scream and whine for
> the ice cream truck and I will buy you one if he
> comes by.
>
> *Just for  this afternoon, I won’t worry about what
> you are going to be when you grow up, or second
> guess every decision I have made where you are
> concerned.
>
> *Just for this afternoon, I will let you help me
> bake cookies, and I won’t stand over you trying to
> fix them.
>
> *Just for this afternoon, I will take us to
> McDonald’s and buy us both a Happy Meal so you can
> have both toys.
>
> *Just for this evening, I will hold you in my arms
> and tell you a story about how you were born and how
> much I
> love you.
>
> *Just for this evening, I will let you splash in the
> t u b and not get angry.
>
> *Just for this evening, I will let you stay up late
> while we sit on the porch and count all the stars.
>
> *Just for this evening, I will snuggle beside you
> for hours, and miss my favorite TV shows.
>
> *Just for this evening when I run my finger through
> your hair as you pray, I will simply be grateful
> that God has given me the greatest gift ever given.
>
> *I will think about the mothers And fathers who are
> searching for their missing children, the mothers
> and
> fathers who are visiting their children’s graves
> instead of their bedrooms, and mothers and fathers
> who are in hospital rooms watching
> their children suffer senselessly, and screaming
> inside that they can’t handle it anymore.
>
> *And when I kiss you good night I will hold you a
> little tighter, a ittle longer. It is then, that I
 will thank God for you, and ask Him for nothing,
> except one more day…………

One Funny E-mail Story

someone sent this to me – and I laughed so hard I pee’d my pants…

leave it to a man to try this.  enjoy!

This is possibly the funniest story I’ve read in a long time!

Pocket Taser Stun Gun, a great gift for the wife. A guy who
purchased his lovely wife a pocket Taser for their anniversary submitted this:

Last weekend I saw something at Larry’s Pistol & Pawn Shop that
sparked my interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for
a little something extra for my wife Julie. What I came across was a
100,000-volt, pocket/purse- sized taser. The effects of the taser were
supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your
assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety….??

WAY TOO COOL! Long story short, I bought the device and brought it
home. I loaded two AAA batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button.
Nothing!

I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button AND
pressed it against a metal surface at the same time I’d get the blue
arc of electricity darting back and forth between the prongs.
AWESOME!!!
Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Julie what that burn spot is on the face of her
microwave. Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself
that it couldn’t be all that bad with only two triple-A batteries, right?
There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on intently
(trusting little soul) while I was reading the directions and thinking that I
really needed to try this thing out on a flesh & blood moving target.
I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie (for a fraction of a
second) and thought better of it. She is such a sweet cat. But, if I
was going to give this thing to my wife to protect herself against a
mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised. Am
I wrong?

So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading
glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand,
and taser in another. The directions said that a one-second burst
would shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was
supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major loss of bodily control; a
three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the
ground like a fish out of water. Any burst longer than three seconds
would be wasting the batteries. All the while I’m looking at this
little device measuring about 5′ long, less than 3/4 inch in
circumference; pretty cute really and (loaded with two itsy, bitsy
triple-A batteries) thinking to myself, ‘no possible way!’ What happened next
is almost beyond description, but I’ll do my best…?

I’m sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to
one side as to say, ‘don’t do it dipshit,’ reasoning that a one second
burst from such a tiny little ole thing couldn’t hurt all that bad. I
decided to give myself a one second burst just for heck of it. I
touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and . . .
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION . . . WHAT THE HELL!!!

I’m pretty sure Jessie Ventura ran in through the side door, picked
me up in the recliner, then body slammed us both on the carpet, over and
over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the
fetal position, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both nipples
on fire, testicles nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under
my body in the oddest position, and tingling in my legs?
The cat was making meowing sounds I had never heard before,
clinging to a picture frame hanging above the fireplace, obviously in an attempt to
avoid getting slammed by my body flopping all over the living room.
Note: If you ever feel compelled to ‘mug’ yourself with a taser,
one note of caution: there is no such thing as a one second burst when you zap
yourself! You will not let go of that thing until it is dislodged from
your hand by a violent thrashing about on the floor. A three second
burst would be considered conservative? SON-OF-A-BITCH, THAT HURT LIKE
HELL!!!
A minute or so later (I can’t be sure, as time was a relative thing
at that point), I collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and
surveyed the landscape. My bent reading glasses were on the mantel of
the fireplace. The recliner was upside down and about 8 feet or so from where it
originally was. My triceps, right thigh and both nipples were still
twitching. My face felt like it had been shot up with Novocain, and my
bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. I had no control over the drooling.
Apparently I shit myself, but was too numb to know for sure and my
sense of smell was gone. I saw a faint smoke cloud above my head which
I believe was came from my hair. I’m still looking for my nuts and I’m
offering a significant reward for their safe return!!

P. S. My wife loved the gift, and now regularly threatens me with
it!

If you think Education is difficult, try being stupid.

Simple Surgery Recovery

Well, I’ve joined the ranks of the gallbladder-less people…  yep, it was taken out Tuesday – on my schedule, not as an emergency procedure.  I had two episodes that scared the bejeezus out of me and when the sonigram showed gallstones I was right there saying “TAKE IT OUT!”  Have you ever had intense chest pain? The kind that doubles you over and you break out in a sweat?  The first time I just knew that I was having a heart attack – it was the middle of the night, I wasn’t going to wake my DH cause he would go bonkers, so I decided that I would die, right there in my own home, I wasn’t going to the hospital where it is so noisy and loud and impersonal,,,  I just wanted to die.  Well, I didn’t.

Then the next time, a few months later, the same thing happened except it was in the evening.  Luckily DH didn’t see me doubled over or he would have had hysterics and I would be in the ER whether I wanted to be or not.  After this time I KNEW that something was wrong!  So off to the doctor, the sonagram people, the surgeon and Bob’s your Uncle!

Why does the word “gallstones” remind me of something that is in a chicken gizzard??!!

Anyway,, I’m stiff, sore and not just full of pep and energy but not feeling too bad.  At least the nausua I had in the mornings is gone ( NO, I’m not pregnant but someone did ask me that! ).  Now I’m wondering if I can eat whatever I want or if the stories that I hear about getting the digestive tract to work without this particular organ is going to be true.  Without going into too much detail,, maybe I’ll try what I want here at home instead of out in public!  Now, Isn’t this just icky!  I have to go see if I can find a picture to show just what they did,,,  if you’re interested… LOL

He is One Sexy Vampire!

Oh baby,,, this is one sexy guy –  I’m talking about Alex O’Loughlin who stars in Moonlight on Friday nites – well at least it WAS on until the darn writers strke…cbssummerstarsparty072.jpg  If you haven’t seen the show, then you should, if you have, then you know what I’m talking about…  Oh man,,,  be still my heart!

Ha! Every once in a while, I have to get my Alex fix, so I start googling for his name.  There are A LOT of sites out there dedicated/devoted to him!  http://www.alexoloughlin.org/  this is a pretty good one with some good pictures ( yummy eye candy ) moonlight, Alex O Loughlin

There are lots of You-Tube videos out there, but this is the best I’ve seen – thanks to Darkfrogof… Enjoy!

Old Books are Good Friends

I was sitting watching some of the new television shows tonite and decided to pull out some of my quilting books to look at while I watched/listened to the shows.  I just can’t sit and do NOTHING,,,  it bores me. 

Anyway, I have a bizillion quilt books (one of my obsessive hobbies) and since I’m trying to figure out what to do with this selection of fabric I have, I pulled some old quilt books out to look at.

I remembered why I bought 101 FABULOUS ROTARY-CUT QUILTS by Judy Hopkins and Nancy J Martin - I think this is the only book that I would love to make almost every quilt that is described in it, I thought about going page by page and making the patterns, not necessarily in the same colors as the quilts they show but the same patterns.  It stimulated me again to get busy! to get functional! to sew!

The trick is!  Can I do this without buying any fabric!!!???  In a lot of cases, yes…. 

Wonder how long it would take??  Well, since I work full time and work HARD – I’m thinking this is something to make a life long activity. 

Wonder if I would get tired of the book…101 Fabulous Rotary-Cut Quilts

Renewing Old Friendships

I had the bestest day today,,, I re-met an old old friend, someone who was very close to me, who was very good to me in a time in my life that wasn’t so nice.   I feel so good!

Without going into boring details,,, when I got away from what needed to be gotten away from, I ‘dropped’ her…  it hurt too much and brought back that painful time everytime I saw her – so I saw her less and less.  Eventually I just disconnected altogether – not her doing at all! but all mine.

A couple of years ago she somehow found me again!  I was shocked to say the least – and we met for  lunch….  after all the years inbetween,,, why was it still so hard to see her?  I really felt shaken up by it…. so I disconnected again….

Well, persistant witch that she is, she called me again!  We talked a few times on the phone and I was feeling ok,,, then today we met for lunch –  hallelulah! all the bad feelings are gone!  She is JUST MY FRIEND!  It feels so good to have someone in my life that cares enough about me to keep finding me!

So what did we do?  I asked her and her wonderful son to meet me at Mimi’s Cafe….it is SO good!  I had the French Toast Breakfast

 

my eggs were scrambled…

 

her son got the burger and she got the albacore and tuna

 

dont these just look so yummy!  The nice thing too about Mimi’s cafe is that if it is your first time there, then you get a 4-pack of their wonderful muffins!!

YUUMMMMMYYY!  I saved a couple of pieces of bacon to bring home to my four legged beasties, but guess I left them on the table when we left…. then we wandered around World Market where I got a bottle of wine, some hummus and a new bag for our cruise next month.

A very satisfying day. 

I’m so glad my friend was pushy enough to come back into my life –  I think I need her company, her kindness, her sisterhood.  I hope she needs mine, too.

Moonlight – Sexy dead guy

Hey! What’s going on with the TV show Moonlight?  It was a great show – before the writers strike…  and it hasn’t been back on yet?  Friday nites at 8pm central…  Geez,, I think it’s the star, Alex O’Loughlin that drives me nuts – and yea, the story line is pretty good too, for a not real deep Friday nite vegetate infrontofthetv sort of night.  You can check him out a bunch of different sites, this is one of them  http://alex-o.net/

But! You have to do this   this is courtesy of DARKFROGOF on youtube…

and here is another one that sorta starts out the show…  CRIPES! this guy is so , well, HOT!

so, tell me,,,  what do you think?